Top 25
6-15
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 28.6%
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Jim Tatum
1942-1958 • Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma
3 schools coached, anchored by Maryland.
Jim Tatum coached 14 seasons, won 72.9%, and posted an average SRS of 14.0. Best season: 1951 Maryland. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 100-35-7
- Career win rate
- 72.9%
- Average SRS
- 14.0
- Peak SRS
- 25.9
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 14
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 39.6
Primary school anchor
Maryland
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 93.5.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Jim Tatum
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Tatum: 1946 OklahomaJim Tatum: 1947 MarylandJim Tatum: 1956 North Carolina
1942Actual season year • SRS range -0.7 to 25.91958
Active comparison point
Jim Tatum • 1951
1951 Maryland
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-0 • SRS 25.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+18.0
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
2-11
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 15.4%
Top 5
2-6
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results21
| 1958 Regular Week 10 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | #15 | L24-34 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | North Carolina | Clemson | #10 | L21-26 |
| 1957 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Duke | #16 | W21-13 |
| 1957 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #9 | L0-35 |
| 1956 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #3 | L0-20 |
| 1956 Regular Week 4 | North Carolina | South Carolina | #20 | L0-14 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | North Carolina | Oklahoma | #1 | L0-36 |
| 1956 Regular Week 2 | North Carolina | NC State | #20 | L6-26 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | Maryland | Baylor | #20 | W20-6 |
| 1955 Regular Week 2 | Maryland | UCLA | #1 | W7-0 |
| 1955 Postseason Week 1 | Maryland | Oklahoma | #1 | L6-20 |
| 1954 Regular Week 6 | Maryland | Miami | #16 | L7-9 |
| 1954 Regular Week 3 | Maryland | UCLA | #4 | L7-12 |
| 1953 Postseason Week 1 | Maryland | Oklahoma | #4 | L0-7 |
| 1952 Regular Week 10 | Maryland | Ole Miss | #6 | L14-21 |
| 1951 Postseason Week 1 | Maryland | Tennessee | #1 | W28-13 |
| 1949 Regular Week 5 | Maryland | Michigan State | #10 | L7-14 |
| 1949 Postseason Week 1 | Maryland | Missouri | #20 | W20-7 |
| 1946 Regular Week 5 | Oklahoma | Texas | #6 | L13-20 |
| 1946 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma | Army | #1 | L7-21 |
| 1946 Postseason Week 1 | Oklahoma | NC State | #18 | W34-13 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
North Carolina
1956-1958 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 7.1 • Win % 48.3%
Maryland
1947-1955 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 17.1 • Win % 81.5%
Oklahoma
1946-1946 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 13.6 • Win % 72.7%
North Carolina
1942-1942 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 7.5 • Win % 66.7%
- Longest tenure
- Maryland • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Maryland • 17.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Maryland • 81.5%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Tatum
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
North Carolina
1956-1958 • 14-15-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.1Win % 48.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 3.0 baseline
+1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.1 during vs -1.2 baseline
+8.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Maryland
1947-1955 • 73-15-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.1Win % 81.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.1 during vs 4.2 baseline
+3.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.1 during vs -12.4 baseline
+29.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
66.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+66.7%
Oklahoma
1946-1946 • 8-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.6Win % 72.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 5.4 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.6 during vs 4.4 baseline
+9.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+100.0%
North Carolina
1942-1942 • 5-2-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.5Win % 66.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 6.0 baseline
-1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 6.2 baseline
+1.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Maryland 1951
10-0 • SRS 25.9
Biggest Improvement
Maryland 1951
10-0 • 18.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
North Carolina 1956
2-7-1 • SRS -0.7
Biggest Drop
North Carolina 1956
2-7-1 • -19.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| North Carolina | 1958 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #10 | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | +0.1 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 1957 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | +11.6 | +35.0% |
| North Carolina | 1956 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | -0.7 | — | — | — | -19.0 | -65.9% |
| Maryland | 1955 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #5 | #3 | 18.3 | — | — | — | -2.0 | +15.9% |
| Maryland | 1954 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #3 | #8 | 20.3 | — | — | — | -3.5 | -15.9% |
| Maryland | 1953 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #9 | #1 | 23.8 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +13.1% |
| Maryland | 1952 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | #2 | #13 | 22.5 | — | — | — | -3.4 | -22.2% |
| Maryland | 1951 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #16 | #3 | 25.9 | — | — | — | +18.0 | +25.0% |
| Maryland | 1950 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #15 | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | -10.0 | -15.0% |
| Maryland | 1949 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #14 | 17.9 | — | — | — | +10.1 | +30.0% |
| Maryland | 1948 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 7.8 | — | — | — | -1.6 | -12.7% |
| Maryland | 1947 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 72.7% | — | — | 9.4 | — | — | — | -4.2 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1946 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #14 | 13.6 | — | — | — | +6.1 | +6.1% |
| North Carolina | 1942 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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